Change sequence settings, Start a widescreen sequence, Start an hdv or hd sequence – Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 User Manual
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USING ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CS4
Editing sequences and clips
Last updated 11/6/2011
Change sequence settings
You can change some of the settings for an existing sequence. Note that, depending on the Editing Mode selected,
some of the settings will be fixed.
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Do one of the following:
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Select Sequence > Sequence Settings.
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In the Project panel, right-click a sequence, and select Sequence Settings.
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Select the desired settings on the General tab. For more information, see “
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Start a widescreen sequence
You can edit widescreen footage shot in DV, HDV, or HD formats. To display and play back widescreen assets
correctly, you must set your sequence settings to accommodate widescreen assets.
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Do one of the following:
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From the Welcome screen, click New Project.
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Select File > New >Project.
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In the New Project dialog box, click OK.
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In the New Sequence dialog box, select the Sequence Presets tab.
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Select a preset that matches your footage. Do one of the following:
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For DV footage, select one of the DV-NTSC or DV-PAL presets with Widescreen in its name. These use horizontal
pixels (with pixel aspect ratios of 1.2 for NTSC and 1.422 for PAL).
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For an HDV project, select an HDV preset using HD Anamorphic 1080 (pixel aspect ratio 1.333) or Square pixels
(pixel aspect ratio 1.0).
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For an HD project, select one of the presets provided with your HD capture card.
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Enter a name in the Sequence Name field and click OK.
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Start an HDV or HD sequence
You can edit HDV footage in the 720p, 1080p, or 1080i formats, and HD footage in 720p or 1080i. When creating a
new sequence for these formats, make sure you select the preset that best matches the specifications of your source
footage.
The DVCPROHD presets included with Premiere Pro are for editing material recorded to MXF files with a Panasonic
P2 camcorder. Premiere Pro has presets also for AVCHD, XDCAM HD, and XDCAM EX. Additional HD sequence
presets are usually installed into Premiere Pro when an HD capture card that supports Premiere Pro is installed.
For best playback performance, it is sometimes helpful to render HD footage when you first place it into a sequence.
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Select File > New > Sequence.